Photographic process



May Z9, 1945. P. H. DONALDSON PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS Filed Sept. 6, 1944 larger than the sire of the Patented May 29, 1945 UNITED. STATES PATENT: OFFICE rno'roommc rnoonss Paul a. Donaldson, Arlington, Application September 6, 1944, Serial No. 552,904

'2 Claims. (01. 95-5) This invention relates to a photographic-process and more especially to a method of preparing photographic copies with captions and reference lines An object of the invention is to provide an improved photographic process and to devise. a method of preparing a projection photograph with captions arranged outside of the photographic subject matter in a marginal area. Another object of the invention is to provid a methd of furnishing reference lines extending from the captions in the marginal area to points on the subject matter. The invention also aims to provide a simple, cheap and eflicient method of making projection photographs.

The nature of the invention and its objects will be more fully understood from the following description of the drawing and discussion relating thereto. v

In the accompanying drawing:

Pig. 1 is a plan view diagrammatically illustrating a photographic negative memberutilized with the method of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a tracing step in the method of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view diagrammatically illustrating preparation of a second negative element;

Fig. 4 illustrates a composite negative member; and

Fig. 5 illustrates a finished projection photograph made in accordance withthe invention.

The method of the invention generally consists in preparing from a negative member a photograph in some desired size, The outline of the subject matter reproduced is then traced on tracin; paper and captions drawn on the tracing paper in a marginal area outside the outline. A negative is prepared of the outline and captions appearing on the tracing paper. The second neg- 5" or some other convenient size, and is utilized to make a photograph or positive print in some desired size, which preferably is considerably negative illustrated in Fig.1.

The positive print is then covered over with a sheet of tracing paper 3, as has been diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The outline of the positive print is traced on the tracing paper to provide a border 4 which leaves a marginal area 5 occurring all the way around the border I in which captions illustrated by the letters A, B and D respectively may be written in or inscribed in some other suitable manner. There are thus obtained on a sheet of tracing paper the border 4 and captions A, B, and D.

The tracing paper subject matter is then photographed with another negative member 8, illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. This may consist of a 5" x 7" Kodalith orprocess film. In carrying out the operation, an image of the border lines 1 formed on the glass screen is adjusted until it is of the same size as the corresponding area indicated by the continuous-tone negative I. This is readily done with the aid of a pair of dividers. The portion of the negative 5 defined by the border 4 is then cut out to leave a space or opening I, In this opening is fitted the negative I, being secured to negative 6 at adjacent edges by some convenient means such as strips of adhesive tape 8. Reference or lead lines III are then drawn on the negative I with ink, and these lines extend toward the captions.

This forms a composite negative which may be exposed in any desired projected size upon a, sheet of photographic paper 9, and there are obtained the subject matter 2, the captions A, B, and D in black on the white background: and lead lines extending inwardly from the captions in white properly captioned and identified in various sizes.

If the printing comes through too black, the copy of Kodalith negative can be given a light wash of a. reagent such as cocine. The dilution of this wash determines the printing density on the projection' print. Those portions of the lines which are drawn in on the areas of the first negative will come through as white lines, .while portions of the lines-drawn in the border 3 may b obtained in black. Since the method uses both original negatives, all of theirquality is retained. Also as the combination can be projected, a great deal of flexibility in the size of print is possible.

While I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention. it should be understood that varions changes and modifications maybe to, in keeping with the spirit of the deflnedby the appended claims Iclaim: r g 1. That improved'phowgraphic process which invention as comprises forming a negative ofsubject matter remaining, the first negative element with adhesive securing means, then drawing on the first negative reference lines which extend between the caption subject matter of the second negative element and points to which the captions apply in the first negative element, and then exposing to provide a positive of the subject matter occurring in both negative members.

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2 composite negative.

2. That improved photographic process which comprises copying with a continuous-ton negative, subject matter desired to be reproduced,

forming a positive print from the negative in a relatively larger size, covering the positive print with a tracing sheet, tracing the outline of the subject matter in the positive print, introducing additional subject matter to the tracing sheet, copy ng the tracing sheet with a second negative element, said second negative being formed of a size whereby the outline copied from the tracingpaper corresponds to the size of the said first negative element, cutting away portionsot' the second negative element occurring inside of the reproduced outline, securing the said first negative element in the resulting space in the second negative element, applying additional,

subject matter to the composite negative, and then exposing to provide a positive print of the PAUL n Donn-neon. 

